[NLRS] Another Radar

Sat, 19 Apr 2003 02:22:48 +0100

Typically, WX radars are in high C-band... 7-8 GHz, or X-band... ~9.5 GHz.
Its unlikely that 1296 is WX radar... the wavelength is too long to see
rain, etc., well.  But its great for airplanes at long distances.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

At 16:08 18-04-03 -0500, Geoff Kuchera (KC0FXY) wrote:
>Just a hunch but could this be Paul Douglas's new super weather radar?
>it's based in fridley and runs in the neighborhood of a Million watts..
>
>Just a thought..  I don't know what frequencies weather radar operates on
>but I would imagine that this one would be really loud anywhere in the
>cities.
>-Geoff
>KC0FXY
>
>> Hi gang -
>>
>> Hearing a loud radar on 1296.1 this afternoon. Seems to be loudest in
>> ENE direction from EN34is. Noise blanker in FT-897 IF xcvr takes it out
>> almost completely. Anyone know where this is?
>>
>> 73, CJ K0CJ
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